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Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 27–7 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
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| AP | No. 5 |
| Record | 10–1 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| No.3SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.5Texas | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.18Rice | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Blair Cherry, the team compiled a 10–1 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 292 to 74. The team lost to SMU and defeated Alabama in the 1948 Sugar Bowl.[1]
Bobby Layne was a consensus selection as the quarterback for the 1947 College Football All-America Team.[2] He also finished sixth in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3] Tackle Richard Harris was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP).[4]
Three Texas players were selected by the AP as first-team honorees on the 1947 All-Southwest Conference football team: Layne at quarterback; Harris at tackle; and Max Bumgardner at end.[5]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas Tech* |
| W 33–0 | 30,000 | [6] | |
| September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | atOregon* |
| W 38–13 | 30,000 | [7] | |
| October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 19North Carolina* |
| W 34–0 | 47,000 | [8] | |
| October 11 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 15Oklahoma* | No. 3 |
| W 34–14 | 46,000 | [9] |
| October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Arkansas | No. 3 |
| W 21–6 | 28,000 | [10] |
| October 25 | 2:30 p.m. | Rice | No. 3 |
| W 12–0 | 48,400 | [11] |
| November 1 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 8SMU | No. 3 |
| L 13–14 | 50,000 | [12] |
| November 8 | 2:30 p.m. | Baylor | No. 8 |
| W 28–7 | 34,000 | [13] |
| November 15 | 2:30 p.m. | TCU | No. 7 |
| W 20–0 | 43,000 | [14] |
| November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | atTexas A&M | No. 7 |
| W 32–13 | 43,000 | [15] |
| January 1, 1948 | vs. No. 6Alabama* | No. 5 |
| W 27–7 | 73,000 | [16][17] | |
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| AP | 3(15) | 3(10) | 3(10) | 3(25) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6(2) | 5 |
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